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Issue: Vol. 5453 No. 2: 20 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.10
Page range: 291-297
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 0

Two new species of the genus Plectiscus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) from Kenya

Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology; NAS of Ukraine; B. Khmelnytskogo Str. 15; Kyiv 01054; Ukraine
Hymenoptera Darwin wasps Pimpliformes new species key Afrotropical region

Abstract

Two new orthocentrine species of the genus Plectiscus Gravenhorst, 1829, P. oblongus sp. n. and P. taitaensis sp. n., from Kenya are described and illustrated. An identification key to Afrotropical species of the genus is provided.

 

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